Humanizing the animal brain: a new ethical frontier
A recently published paper reports the experiments of scientists at [...]
Polygenic preimplantation genetic diagnosis: medicine or eugenics?
Polygenic preimplantation genetic diagnosis presents serious bioethical difficulties Nathan Treff [...]
Synthetic embryoids. Could they be the solution to the shortage of organs for transplantation?
The suffix oid is Greek in origin, and may be [...]
The molecule responsible for classifying memories as positive or negative in the brain is discovered
Researchers at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, have [...]
First complete human genome sequence published
On March 31, the complete sequence of the human genome [...]
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Study proposes a novel method to predict risks of common diseases in pre-implantation embryos GalleryStudy proposes a novel method to predict risks of common diseases in pre-implantation embryos
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Study proposes a novel method to predict risks of common diseases in pre-implantation embryos
Last month, a team of 16 researchers, led by Dr. [...]
Study confirms risks associated with techniques to prevent mother-to-child transmission of mitochondrial diseases
Mixing mitochondrial DNA from mother and donor may have harmful [...]
Gene editing technique obtains offspring in female mice without the need for sex or sperm
This is the first time offspring have been obtained from [...]
Experts warn against unethical genetic embryo testing
Genetic embryo diagnosis tests called polygenic risk score (PRS) analysis, [...]
The aftermath of the first gene editing on human embryos: the “He Jiankui affair”
In 2018, He Jiankui shocked the world by announcing that [...]